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"William Shakespeare." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 2 May. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
  1. Both English and Non-English countries both preform his plays

Mabillard, Amanda. "Shakespeare Online". May 2, 2010 <http://www.shakespeare-online.com/>.
  1. Was the most known storyteller the world has ever seen
  2. Lots of the more common expressions now thought to be overused were created by him
  3. Told every kind of story
  4. Wrote comedy, tragedy, history, melodrama, adventure, love stories and fairy tales
  5. Shakespeare is inspired by actors
  6. Many actors consider playing a Shakespearean character to be the hardest and most rewarding role possible
  7. "I wish you were dead as a door-nail" famous quote
  8. If you have seen better days
  9. Shakespeare's work is why John Bartlett made the first major book of familiar quotations.
  10. Shakespeare had a huge effect on the advancement of the English language
  11. influenced many major authors
  12. His plays were made into movies

SIRS Discoverer. May 2, 2010 <http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000181842>.
  1. comedy had the main character falling in love and learning a lesson
  2. tragedy had the main character falling in love and dying
  3. history plays came from a story from England's royal past
  4. made 154 sonnets
  5. 18 comedies
  6. 10 tragedies
  7. 10 histories
  8. invented over 2000 words
  9. all plays were made into films
  10. 90% of all Americans are required to study Shakespeare
  11. told lots of kinds of stories
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